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RUMOR: Legion Coming June 30th? EU Retailers Think So
SBFord
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RUMOR: Legion Coming June 30th? EU Retailers Think So
Several retail gaming sites in the EU are reporting that Legion will be ready for action on June 30, 2016. Sites in Poland, the Netherlands, and the United Arab Emirates are reporting this date. While this seems a bit overly enthusiastic, it is close to the release of the Warcraft movie and the beginning of summer, the last day of which marks the outside date for the release of Legion according to Blizzard itself.
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Agreed. I think it's total bunk but it's fun to consider. I find it much more likely that it would be the pre-patch activities that would stretch until Legion launches by Sep 22nd.
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Of course, it's pretty much a sure thing that the movie they are doing will only last as long as the opening box office sales. Perhaps they are concerned about losing a few new accounts due to the delay in the release? Servers are pretty dead right now, anyone starting would think it were a ghost town and possibly pass on Legion if they didn't buy it outright.
Mine are as popular now as ever...
Same here. There are plenty of servers which are highly populated.
I'd be really happy if Legion comes out at that date, but honestly I'm doubtful, not because I don't think that Blizzard can manage to finish the game, but rather because games(especially Blizzard games) tend not to be released in June/July, while at the same time we've had previous released in August/September.
Btw I'm sure that Blizzard has already done the necessary due diligence and know whether players who will play Overwatch would stop to play it and go play Legion instead if the release at the same day. My personal guess is that 85% of Overwatch players won't care when Legion comes out :P
What they initially said wa that it would be out in Q3 - so between July 1 and Sept 30. Then they changed it to after the film - so later than June 10th - with an anticipated Q3 release.
Pre-patch - maybe but even that ....
Since they are giving the game out to anyone who sees the movie all the way up to draenor I say this is a moot point. Their playerbase would grow tremendously and would ride all the way to legion imo
But don't worry on september they make something to sell too
I suspect you're right, but I'll play some Devil's Advocate - it's possible it could come June 30th despite still being in Early Alpha.
Alphas these days are becoming the new closed betas. I'm sure you've seen this trend. Alphas used to be friends and family, mostly, very small samples of players who wouldn't spill the beans. Nowadays, Alphas consist of thousands. I wouldn't be surprised if after collecting the feedback from Alpha, the game is 95 or even 98% as ready as it's going to be. It's not inconceivable that they could transition into an Open Beta in the beginning of June spend 2-3 weeks collecting some last minute feedback (stuff likely not even to be patched until after release) and then go forward on June 30th.
That said, another possibility is they know the end game (which isn't availible yet) is going to suck ass, so they wanna release Legion very soon to the movie, cash out as much profit as possible, and then officially put WoW into Maintence mode.
Or it's just a rumor, without much truth. Let's go with that.
The movie has its own issues; specifically the film is releasing before and after it. And even though it has an empty weekend there is a hold over situation - three major films releasing in the two previous weekends.